Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/elenica

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *ely +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*elenica n

  1. doe (a female deer)

Declension

Declension of *elenica (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *elenica *elenici *elenicę̇
genitive *elenicę̇ *elenicu *elenicь
dative *elenicī *elenicama *elenicāmъ
accusative *elenicǫ *elenici *elenicę̇
instrumental *elenicējǫ, *elenicǭ* *elenicama *elenicāmī
locative *elenicī *elenicu *elenicāsъ
vocative *elenice *elenici *elenicę̇

* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *оленица (*olenica)
      • Old Ruthenian: олени́ца (oleníca)
        • Belarusian: аляні́ца (aljaníca) (dialectal)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: олени́ця (olenýcja)
        • Ukrainian: олени́ця (olenýcja)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: јелѐница (rare); јѐљеница (obsolete)
      Latin script: jelènica (rare); jèljenica (obsolete)
    • Slovene: jeleníca (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1991), “elenica I”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 6 (e! – ěždžь), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 42
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*elenica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 19
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